Jan Sluyters

[Netherlands] (b 1881/d 1957)

 "Jan Sluyters started his artistic training at the Amsterdam Art Academy in 1901. (..)  His early works, often landscapes, were more Symbolist with Art Nouveau elements..(..) Several large exhibitions honoring his work took place during his life and even nowadays his work is represented in the collections of many renowned Dutch museums."

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Netherlands 1928 "Child Welfare" (4,4,4) [Photo] Sc(B33,...,B36) [ images credit of Stampworld  ]

Netherlands 1930 "Rembrandt Society" (3,1) [Engr (H. Seegers)][Recess] Sc(B41,..,B43)

Elaine Rawlinson

[USA] (b 1911/d ?)

"Elaine Rawlinson studied at  the National Academy of Design School and also attended Mural painting at the Beaux-Arts Institute...In 1933, devoted stamp collector and newly-elected President Franklin Roosevelt suggested a set of stamps honoring past presidents. The Post Office Department opened the first national competition in 1937 to gather potential designs for the first stamp in the new Presidential Series, which would feature George Washington. (..) Elaine’s design, which featured a side profile view of Washington from sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon’s bust at Mount Vernon, stood out in its simplicity... (..) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing temporarily employed Elaine to design the first few lower stamp values of the series. She was the first person outside of Bureau employees to officially design a postage stamp.."

"Although the design used on the half-cent, one cent and the one and one-half cent stamps is an adaptation of her work, Miss Elaine Rawlinson is given credit by the Government as the designer of the stamps. "

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Detailed Biography

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the Mystery of Elaine Rawlinson disappearance from Public Life..

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USA 1938 "US Presidents" (32,32,3) [Engr (J. Eissler  /  Lettering: J. T. Vail)][RPP] Sc(804)

Philipinnes 1941 "Jose Rizal y Mercado" (2,1) [Recess (BEP)] Sc(461,462)

[ Elaine Rawlinson was in fact the First American Woman outside the BEP to design a US stamp, but it was not the first to design stamps.. that Honor goes to Lady Carter, I think , that designed two  stamps for Barbados in 1906..]

Carlos Eckman

[Sweden][Brazil] (b 1866/d 1940)

"(..) Karl Wilhelm Ekman started his studies in the Copenhagen Fine Arts School in 1882..two years later, due to the death of his father he returns to Stockholm where he ends his studies in the Engineering School in 1886..He moved to the United states where he worked in New York for some time.. in 1888 he arrived to Buenos Aires where he did some works as a designer...in the following years he traveled to Rio De Janeiro where he stayed for two years, before return to Buenos Aires where he finally made his first projects as an Architect...(..) A friend, the German Architect August Fried invites him to live in S. Paulo, where he arrived in 1894..in 1900 he finished his Naturalization process and changed his name to Carlos Eckman , before started his professional life with the opening of the firm Fried & Eckman.. (..) in 1910 he returns for the first time to Europe and to Sweden where he published a book about the Brazilian Society and life style...in 1920 he started another firm with his son and from 1934 , with the dissolution of the Firm, he began to focus mainly in painting...(..)"

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Brazil 1900 "400th Anniversary of the discovery of Brazil" (4,4,1) [Litho (Paulo Robim e Pinho, Rio De Janeiro)] Sc(162)

Corrado Mezzana [ 2nd Part / Vatican Stamps ]

[Italy] (b 1890/d 1952)

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Biography (In Italian) [ for English Biographies , please read Part 1 ]

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Vatican 1936 "Catholic Press Exhibition, Rome" (8,4,4) [Photo] Sc(47,...,54)

Vatican 1938 "Air Mail" (8,4,4) [Recess] Sc(C1,...,C8) [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1938 "International Christian Archaeological Congress, Rome" (6,2,2) [Photo] Sc(55,...,60)

Vatican 1939 "Coronation of Pope Pius XII" (4,1) [Photo] Sc(68,...,71) [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1940 "1st Anniversary of the Coronation of Pope Pius XII" (5,3,3) [Recess] Sc(72,...,76) [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1943 "Pope's Episcopal Silver Jubilee" (4,1) [Photo] Sc(80,...,83)

Vatican 1944 "4th Centenary of Pontifical Academy of the Virtuosi of the Pantheon" (4,4,4) [Photo] Sc(87,...,90)  [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1946 "4th Centenary of the Inauguration of the Council of Trent" (12,12,12) [Photo] Sc(110,...,121)  [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1946 "Express Mail" (2,2,2) [Photo] Sc(E9,E10) [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1947 "AIR MAIL" (7,3,3) [Photo] Sc(C9,...,C15)

Vatican 1949 "Churches" (10,10,10) [Recess (100l)][Photo (others)] Sc(122,...,131) [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1949 "Holy Year" (8,4,2) [Photo] Sc(132,...,139) [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1949 "Express Mail" (2,2,2) [Photo] Sc(E11,E12) [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1950 "Centenary of Papal Guard" (3,1) [Photo] Sc(140,..,142)

Vatican 1951 "Proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption" (2,2,2) [Photo] Sc(143,144)  [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Vatican 1951 "Beatification of Pope Pius X" (4,3,3) [Photo] Sc(145,...,148)

Vatican 1951 "1500th Anniversary of the Council of Chalcedon" (5,2,2) [Engr (M. Colombati 5l,35l,100l)(T. Cionini 25l,60l)][Recess] Sc(149,...,153)

Vatican 1951 "AIR MAIL / 800th Anniversary of the Decree of Gratian" (2,1) [Engr (V. Nicastro)][Recess] Sc(C20,C21)

Vatican 1952 "Centenary of the 1st Roman states Stamp" (1) [Engr (Canfarani)][Recess] Sc(155)

Vatican 1953 "Pope's" (11,11,11) [Engr (Cionini 5l,100l)(S. Vana 12l,25l)(M. Colombati 20l,35l)(F. Pagani 45l)(V. Nicastro/ others)][Recess][Photo] Sc(158,...,168)

Vatican 1953 "Express Mail" (2,2,2) [Engr (V. Nicastro)(T. Cionini)] Sc(E13,E14)

One More Post is needed to show the Work of Mezzana for the Italian colonies .. I would like again to Thank the enormous Help of StampWorld in the development of this Blog ... THANK YOU!!!